Molly Bloom, the author of "Molly's Game: The True Story of the 26-Year-Old Woman Behind the Most Exclusive, High-Stakes Underground Poker Game in the World," became famous in celebrity circles for running the most exclusive underground poker game. The stakes were so high she witnessed one man lose $100 million in one night. Following is a transcript of the video.
This game was populated by some of the world's most famous, wealthiest, and most powerful men. My regular game in New York City was a $250,000 buy in — no limit. So people were burning through that, a lot of times in the first 30 minutes. I saw someone lose $100 million in one night.
Hi, I'm Molly Bloom. I am the author of "Molly's Game." And, I'm here to talk about, I guess, why my life got made into a movie.
So I moved to Los Angeles. My parents were not on board with that and so I had to get a lot of different jobs. One of them was working for a man in Hollywood who had a weekly poker game. And he said that he was goin...